Railway construction.



R. LICHTENBERGER.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTlON. 7 APPLICATION FILED JAN-30. 1915.

1 1 59,509. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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"'W H 'mmlllllWWH'THW ENE il RICHARD LICHTENBERGER, OF NEW HARIKONY, INDIANA.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed January 30, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, RICHARD LICI-ITEN- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, resid 111g at New Harmony, 1n the county of Posey and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway construction and has for its object to provide means for preventing any possibility of the spreading apart of the rails of a railway.

Another object of the invention is to provide continuous concrete rail supports having resilient seats for the rails.

With the above and other objects in view I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1, is a top plan view of a section of a railway constructed according to my invention, Fig. 2 is a section on line A-A of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a fragmental side elevation, Fig. 1 is a sectional view on line BB of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line CC of Fig. 1, a rail and clip being removed, and Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of a modification of the invention.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the specification and in the several views in the drawings in which 1 indicates a railway formed of a pair of parallel concrete rail supports 2 and 3 which are provided with transverse recesses 4 and 5 in which seat the ends 6 and 7, of the metal ties 8 the upper surface 9 of said tie being flush with the upper surfaces 10 and 11 of the supports 2 and 3. The ties 8, have provided adjacent each end thereof, down wardly inclined portions 12 and 13 which are adapted to engage against the inner sides 14 and 15 of the members 2 and 3 whereby it will be impossible for the ties to slide transversely of the supports 2 and 3. If it were not for this particular construction, it would be possible because of the great strain of a rapidly moving heavy train against the 0% rail rounding a curve to completely shear off the upper ends of the bolts 16 and 17 which bind the rail supports and ties together.

The supports 2 and 3 are provided with centrally disposed longitudinal slots 18 and 19 in which are seated preferably tarred or creosoted wooden slats 20 and 21, the upper surfaces of which are flush with the upper Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Serial No. 5,312.

' surfaces of the members 2 and 3 and upon which the rails 22 and 23 directly seat whereby the effective resiliency for the rails is provided. The upper surfaces of the slats 20 and 21 are slightly below the surfaces of the upstanding portions 2 and 2 of the members 2 and 3 so that said portions 2 and 2 will engage the flanges 30 and 31 of the rails 22 and 23 thus making it impossible for said rails to spread or move side wise upon the supports 2 and 3.

The ties 8 have their extreme ends 24 and 25 increased in thickness to provide upwardly-extending portions 26 and 27 having their inner walls out under to form recesses 28 and 29 to receive the flanges 30 and 31 of said rails 22 and 23 whereby it will be impossible for the rails to be shoved from the ends of said ties. which are embedded in the cement from which the members 2 and 3are formed hold the ties 8 securely in place and the bolts 17 further engage and hold in place the rail clips 33 securely in place whereby the rails are fixed to their supports. The supports 2 and 3 may be formed in a series of separate blocks A and B placed end to end as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing or may be formed in one continuous member.

The various members of my railway are formed in such a manner that so concrete a structure is formed that it is next to impos sible for the various elements to become accldentally separated or displaced.

In Fig. 6 a modification of the invention is shown in which the tie at has its ends 35 turned up at right angles thereto to form the abutment 36 against which the removable slin 37 rests whereby the lateral strain against the rail 38 will be retained by the shoulder 36 of the tie upon which the rail seats as well as by the bolts 39 and 40, thus relieving the strain upon these bolts.

Having now described my invention what I claim tobenew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A railway construction consisting of a pair of continuous parallel rail supports having longitudinal and transverse recesses therein, resilient slats in said longitudinal recesses upon which rails are seated, ties connecting said supports, said ties having their ends turned up at right angles, rail clips seated upon said upturned ends and upon the outer flange of said rail, clips on the inner flange of said rail and said ties and The bolts 16 and 17.

7 seated on the inner flange of said rail and on said ties and bolts embedded in said supports for holding sald clips, sald ties seatlng in said transverse recesses and between said slats, the surfaces of said slats and ties being 3. A railway construction consisting of a pair of continuous parallel supports having longitudinal and transverse recesses therein, resilient slats in said longitudinal recesses upon which rails are seated, ties connecting .saidsupports, said ties having their ends turned up at right angles, rail clips seated upon said upturned ends and upon the outer flange of said rail, clips on the lnner flange of said rail and said ties and bolts embedded insaid supports for holding said clips, said tles seating in said transverse recesses and Copies of this patent may be obtained for between said slats, the surfaces of said slats and ties being flush, said ties having inclined lugs with vertical walls adapted to engage said supports.

4. -A railway construction consisting of a pair of continuous parallel rail supports having longitudinal and transverse recesses therein, resilient slats in said longitudinal recesses upon which rails are seated, ties connecting said supports, said ties having their ends turned up at right angles, rail clips seated upon said upturned ends and upon the outer flange of said rails, clips on the inner flange of said rail and said ties and bolts embedded in said supports "for holding said clips, said ties seating in said transverse recesses and between said slats, the surfaces of said slats and ties being flush, said ties having inclined lugs with vertical walls adapted to engage said supports, the

surface of said slats being below the upper surface of said supports. 7 p

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUCIAN HA DEN, PETER W. LIOHTENBERGER.

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